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Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Mashable awards and finalists 2011

Mashable let its readers to vote for the best services for the 5th time and here are the winners and finalists.

The Best Social Network was Facebook
(other finalists were Twitter, Badoo, Diaspora, Google+,Tumblr and Livejournal).

Up-and-Coming Social Media Service (a service that is currently experiencing major growth but has not yet
received massive mainstream attention) was Crowdtap
(other finalists: Empire Avenue (my friends have just found this), Banjo, Trakt, Chime.in, Summify and my own favorite of these: Paper.li)

Must-Follow Business Personality on Social Media was Bill GatesThe winner was a business
personality or executive who best uses Twitter, Facebook, YouTube,
Google+, Tumblr or other mainstream social networking sites. The other nominees were Dave Kerpen, John Heald, Clara Shih,Sonny Ganguly,Avi Savar and Kathy Ireland)

Must-Follow Non-Profit on Social Media was The Trevor Project others beingTeach for America, HRC, GLAAD, Joyful Heart Foundation, One Campaign and Fuck Cancer.

Best Mobile Game was Super Junior Shake(best game designed for play on either a smartphone or tablet) others being Angry Birds, Parallel Kingdom, The Adventures of Timmy: Run Kitty Run, Cut the Rope, Pocket Legends and Cows vs Aliens.

Best Social Good Cause Campaign was Be a STAR Alliance
Others: Joplin Tornado Info, Feed it Forward by Restaurant.com, Your Man Reminder, The Trevor Project, AT&T Texting While Driving and It Gets Better

Digital Company of the Year was WWEEditor’s Note: Originally, we had defined this category “the top
traditional (non-digital) company that has excelled in the digital space
in 2011.” After considering the nature of the nominations, we
broadened the category to include traditional, non-digital companies as
well as agencies that are heavily utilizing digital in their operations.Others: Progressive Insurance, Dominos Pizza, engage121, Likeable Media, Possible Worldwide and Big Fuel

Breakout Startup of the Year was GetGlue
Others: Manilla, Punchtab, Twilio, Taskrabbit, Zaarly and Codecademy

Most Social TV Show was MTV RoadiesThis category honors the readers’ choice for the best broadcast
or cable television show that utilizes social media in an innovative,
memorable or integral way.Others: WWE Raw, Pretty Little Liars, Attack of the Show, Supernatural, Bones and The Glee Project

Hidden treasures of social media

Johanna Janhonen started a blog called Hidden treasure in 2008 in Nokia´s intranet and opened this public blog as its follower in 2009 before jumping out of Nokia. In both blogs the topics are social media tools and culture. Early 2010 she started a Finnish blog about the same topics: Piilotettu aarre. Late 2010 she started a social media training&consulting company and named it after her blogs: Hidden treasure - Piilotettu aarre.